Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Dynamo Kirov.

Is a retired Russian football player. Lebed played in one game for Russia on May 6, 1995 in UEFA Eur

Is a retired Russian football player. Lebed played in one game for Russia on May 6, 1995 in UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against the Faroe Islands.

Is a retired Russian professional football player.

Is a retired Russian professional football player.

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC Abinsk.

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd. He made his debut

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1997 for FC Rotor Volgograd.

Was a chess player from Azerbaijan. He was born in Nakhchivan but lived in Baku for most of his life

Was a chess player from Azerbaijan. He was born in Nakhchivan but lived in Baku for most of his life. He became an International Master in 1950 and was awarded an honorary Grandmaster title in 1987.[1] Makogonov never became well known outside the Soviet Union, but was highly respected in his country as a player and coach. He was one of the world's strongest players in the 1940s: Chessmetrics calculates his highest historical rating as 2735 in October 1945, and his highest historical world rank as fifth in July 1945

Was a Russian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1912 Summer

Was a Russian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.

Is a boxer from the Soviet Union.

Is a boxer from the Soviet Union.

Was a Ukrainian chess player. Unusually for a chess champion, he learned how to play relatively late

Was a Ukrainian chess player. Unusually for a chess champion, he learned how to play relatively late at the age of 13. Living in a small country settlement outside of the city, he also struggled to find any strong opposition and so his meteoric progress was very much against the odds.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Dynamo Barnaul.

Was a Russian football player.Markov played his only game for Russia on June 30, 1912 in a 1912 Olym

Was a Russian football player.Markov played his only game for Russia on June 30, 1912 in a 1912 Olympics match against Finland.

Was a Soviet-Azerbaijani-Latvian Grandmaster of chess, a chess author, and a chess trainer. He playe

Was a Soviet-Azerbaijani-Latvian Grandmaster of chess, a chess author, and a chess trainer. He played in ten USSR Championships, with his best result fourth place in his debut in 1960. Bagirov was World Senior Champion in 1998. He died of a heart attack while playing a tournament game in Finland.

Is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship twice, in 1997 and 1998. A

Is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship twice, in 1997 and 1998. Among other victories, he won the Dutch Open Blitz chess Championship (2005), the Essent Open (2005) and the 7th Memorial Narciso Yepes (2006).

Is a Croatian football goalkeeper. He is currently a free agent.

Is a Croatian football goalkeeper. He is currently a free agent.

Is a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 20

Is a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.In 1996 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.

Was a Croatian and Yugoslav football player, as goalkeeper, and also football manager.Beara was born

Was a Croatian and Yugoslav football player, as goalkeeper, and also football manager.Beara was born in the village of Zelovo near Sinj, Croatia (at the time in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes). For Hajduk Split (1946–55) Beara played 308 games, and helped his team to win the Yugoslavian league title in 1950, 1952 and 1955.

Was an Australian football (soccer) player. Beretovac played as a defender for NSL club Perth Glory

Was an Australian football (soccer) player. Beretovac played as a defender for NSL club Perth Glory and the Perth Kangaroos in the S-League. He also represented Western Australia on one occasion.

S a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Bobrezhov also competed for

S a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Bobrezhov also competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in the K-4 1000 m event, but was eliminated in the semifinals.

Is a Serbian football player currently playing for Red Star Belgrade.Bogdanovic started his career a

Is a Serbian football player currently playing for Red Star Belgrade.Bogdanovic started his career at FK Jedinstvo Ub before joining Red Star. He was then loaned to FK Smederevo and came back to Red Star prior to the Serbian Superliga 2007-08 season.

Is a Georgian professional basketball player. He plays for KK Union Olimpija in the UPC Telemach Lea

Is a Georgian professional basketball player. He plays for KK Union Olimpija in the UPC Telemach League, Euroleague and Adriatic League. Vladimir Boisa is playing for the Georgia national team

Is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

A Russian football goalkeeper of Ossetian ethnicity. He plays for FC Amkar Perm and Russia national

A Russian football goalkeeper of Ossetian ethnicity. He plays for FC Amkar Perm and Russia national football team. In May 2008, FC Dynamo Moscow general director Dmitry Ivanov has announced that Gabulov will return to Dynamo for a second stint with the club, as the transfer has been arranged with his rights holders, FC Kuban Krasnodar (he was on loan to Amkar). The transfer has not been officially finalized as of May 26th. [1]

Is a Russian chess grandmaster and was the World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2007.

Is a Russian chess grandmaster and was the World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2007.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant c

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach for the reserves team of FC Saturn Moscow Oblast. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Zarya Kaluga.